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expected to decrease over time
due to the EPA’s vehicle and fuel regulations
. Based upon thisassessment, air quality impacts do not appear to be a major practicability constraint for Alternative 2B.This project is located within Dallas County, which is part of the EPA's designated nine-county seriousnonattainment area for the 2007 eight-hour ozone standard; therefore, the transportation conformity ruleapplies. The proposed project is included in the area's financially constrained long-range MTP (
Mobility 2035
) and the 2011-2014 TIP, as amended. The USDOT (FHWA/FTA) found the MTP and the TIP toconform to the SIP on July 14, 2011. Analyses for the subsequent FEIS will be conducted based on thecurrent MTP at that time. During the FEIS preparation process and prior to issuance of a ROD by theFHWA, appropriate measures would be taken to ensure that the proposed project is consistent with theconforming MTP and the TIP/STIP.
4.1.5.12 Traffic Noise Impacts
As discussed in the
SDEIS
Section 4.15 (Noise Impacts)
, existing and predicted traffic noise levels weremodeled at receiver locations that represent the land use activity areas adjacent to Alternative 2B thatmay be impacted by traffic noise and may potentially benefit from feasible and reasonable noiseabatement. The following paragraphs describe the impacts:The southern terminus is an existing heavy traffic area with south US-75 connecting with US-175. Land useis single-family residential with a few retail/commercial facilities. In this area, 106 residences would havenoise levels that exceed NAC criteria in the design year.The northern terminus is an existing heavy traffic area at the IH-35E and SH-183 split. Land use isretail/commercial with a residential neighborhood known as Arlington Park located approximately 300 feeteast of the existing freeways. In this area, Alternative 2B provides connecting ramps to the existing freewaysystem. Nineteen residences and one small playground/park (Sleepy Hollow Park) near the northernterminus would have noise levels that exceed NAC criteria in the design year.In the central corridor from the Lamar Street and Starks Avenue intersection, Alternative 2B follows Lamar Street, Riverfront (Industrial) Boulevard, and Irving Boulevard toward the northern terminus. Land use isprimarily retail/commercial/industrial along the corridor with the exception of a residential neighborhoodlocated adjacent to Lamar Street between MLK and Starks Avenue. There are no predicted noise impacts tothe retail/commercial/industrial areas adjacent to Alternatives 2B. A portion of the residential neighborhood(between IH-45 and Hatcher Street) is designated as the Colonial Hill Historic District. In addition to theimpacts at the northern and southern termini, 76 residences primarily located along Lamar Streetbetween MLK and Starks Avenue would have noise levels that exceed NAC criteria in the design year.
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A noise wall analysis was performed for the impacted areas. Based on the analysis, noise walls weredetermined to be both feasible and reasonable only at the residential neighborhoods located at thesouthern terminus of the project. Noise walls in this area would reduce noise levels by at least 5 dBA atimpacted receivers. Noise walls to mitigate impacts to the areas further north along Lamar Streetbetween MLK and Starks Avenue and at the northern terminus would not be reasonable and feasible.
SDEIS Plate 4-33
shows the noise impacted areas. The noise analysis and discussion regarding noiseimpacts and feasible and reasonable abatement measures will be updated in the FEIS in accordance withTxDOT's (FHWA approved) April 2011 Guidelines for Analysis and Abatement of Roadway Traffic Noise.
4.1.5.13 Impact of Floods on Human Safety
The subject of flooding is addressed in
SDEIS
Section 4.13 (Floodplain Impacts)
. Alternative 2B wouldbe located generally landside of the Dallas Floodway levees on land protected from river flooding by thelevees, and protected from localized flooding by a system of sumps and pump stations which are part of the Dallas Flood Control District. The floodplain in the project area includes the floodway zone within thelevees, as well as designated floodplain or floodway acreage not within the levees.
Table 4-17
summarizes the floodplain impacts of Alternative 2B.
TABLE 4-17. ALTERNATIVE 2B POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO FLOODPLAIN FROM FEMA FLOODMAPPING
FEMA Flood Zone Floodplain Impact (Acres)
Zone X (Levee Protected) 264Zone AE (Floodway) Trinity River Main Stem 37Zone AE (Floodway) Developed Areas 23Zone AE (100-year) Developed Areas 16
Note
: Calculated areas are estimates only.
For Alternative 2B, the Zone X acreage reported in the table consists of lands protected from Trinity River floodwaters by the Dallas Floodway levees. In this case, FEMA defines Zone X (shaded) as "areasprotected by levees from 100-year flood" (FEMA, 2007a-i). Such areas are not Special Flood Hazard Areas (inundated by 100-year flood). The various Zone AE acreages (76 total acres) reported in the tableare sump and watercourse crossings, and a portion of the Dallas Floodway land crossed in the southernsegment of the study area. These areas are designated by FEMA as Special Flood Hazard Areas. All of these crossings are elevated bridge crossings, and will be designed for no loss of floodwater conveyanceor storage.
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The effective CDC hydraulic models for the Main Stem of the Trinity River, which are used to evaluateproject impacts for compliance with the 1988 USACE ROD criteria (USACE, 1988) and CDCrequirements (NCTCOG, 2009a), reflect the federally authorized DFE project (Cadillac Heights andLamar Levees) in the reach of the Trinity River downstream of the AT&SF Railroad bridge. Alternative 2Bwould be located within the levee protected area on the landside of the existing Dallas Floodway eastlevee and the proposed Lamar Levee, except for elevated bridge crossings in the southern segment thatwould be designed to avoid increases in flood elevations and loss of valley storage. Therefore, it hasbeen determined that Alternative 2B meets the 1988 ROD hydrologic and hydraulic criteria.
4.1.5.14 Risks Associated with Implementation of the Action
As discussed in
LSS Section 4.1.4.12
, the “risks” discussed in this section focus on levee stability issues.
Alternative 2B, as presented in the SDEIS, would cross the very south end of the Dallas Floodway eastlevee while crossing over the DART and AT&SF bridges. However, a design refinement developed sincethe publication of the SDEIS for avoidance of historic resources (see
LSS Chapters 2 and 5
) also avoidscontact with the levee at this location; therefore, there is no discussion of risk associated with thisparticular Build Alternative.
4.1.5.15 Incompatible Development
The potential for induced development resulting from Trinity Parkway is presented in
SDEIS Section4.24.1 (Indirect Impacts)
. The analysis identifies areas where natural, governmental, or other constraints would make future change in land use unlikely.
SDEIS Plate 4-38
is a “constraints map”
depicting areas that would be unsuitable or unlikely for future development or redevelopment activities.The constraints map identifies the Dallas Floodway in its entirety and the related landside sump areas asbeing unsuitable or unlikely for development. The Indirect Impacts analysis is based on the presumptionthat any 100-year floodplain areas in the study area (including areas in the Dallas Floodway and thesurrounding levee-protected lands) would be unavailable for development. Generally, the majority of thewetlands in the project area are within the Dallas Floodway and would unlikely be developed.The protection of the Dallas Floodway and the related sump areas from development would be expectedto be stringent because of the regulatory interest in the federal flood protection project. In the DallasFloodway, the City ownership generally extends at least to the landside levee toes on both sides of theDallas Floodway, and the regulatory interest may extend further landside based on actual publicownership or other development constraints, including building setbacks to assure levee stability. In thesump areas, the
City’s
land ownership extends at least from top of bank to top of bank. Accordingly,
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